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Developing electrolyzer technology is a
key component for the future of H2
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On August 22, 2022, U.S. President Joe Biden signed the
Inflation Reduction Act. This legislation boasts $369 B in climate
and clean energy investments with a focus on clean H2
and it offers a clean H2 tax credit for H2
projects and storage
TYLER CAMPBELL,
Managing Editor
technologies. The act is the most ambitious climate-focused
legislation ever passed by the U.S. Congress.
According to Gulf Energy Information's Global Energy
Infrastructure database, 100 of the more than 700 H2
projCalifornia,
with the majority being green and blue H2 projects. The blue H2
The future of H2
ects in either the planning stage or under construction are in
the U.S. These projects are mainly in Texas, Louisiana and
projects,
which use carbon capture and storage, will be eligible for a tax credit, with additional
tax incentives offered to facilities that utilize the captured carbon.
energy. There is still much improvement needed to completely
integrate H2 into the global energy mix and meet global climate goals of net-zero
emissions by 2050. To accomplish these ambitious initiatives, 2030 will be the first
milestone. According to the International Energy Agency's (IEA's) Hydrogen Supply
Report, in 2021, low-emissions H2
production was approximately 0.6 MMt.1
95 MMt by 2030.
Low-emissions H2
For
the 2050 targets to be reached, low-emissions H2 production must be increased to
production technology must be rapidly progressed to reach
this milestone. Electrolysis is a promising method to produce green H2, but each type
of electrolyzer is in different stages of advancement.
According to the IEA, proton exchange membrane and alkaline electrolyzers are
at the market uptake level, solid oxide electrolyzer cells are still under demonstration,
and anion exchange and anion exchange membrane electrolyzers are still at the prototype
level (FIG. 1). However, these technologies are not yet competitive with gray
H2
production technologies will be
LITERATURE CITED
1 International Energy Agency, Hydrogen Supply, 2022, online: " https://www.iea.org/reports/hydrogen-supply
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